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The Hubble Space Telescope combines instant name recognition with the production of consistently spectacular astronomical images. In this book bestselling astronomy writer Terence Dickinson showcases extraordinary the latest pictures from Hubble, many of which have yet to receive wide distribution.더 읽기…

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Astronomy has long been recognized as 'bait', dangled in front of children, in particular, to lure them into science more generally; and one of the facets that has always been especially tempting is the beauty of its subjects of study. Well, here is a veritable feast, culled principally from the Hubble Space Telescope and presented by a deft practitioner of outreach from Canada, Terence Dickinson. With perfect timing and a price that is an absolute snip, this dazzling book would be an ideal Christmas gift for anyone, young or old. A wide and very up-to-date range of topics in astronomy is covered, from planets of the Solar System to the remotest galaxies captured in the Ultra-Deep Field, each with stunning and crisply reproduced images accompanied by lucid text to place them in the context of the advances afforded by the HST; those images of nebulae and star clusters would be worthy of an honoured place in any great art gallery. The chequered history of the telescope itself is also treated, with the conclusion very clear -- it has been an absolute boon to astronomy and, I would add, to civilization more generally. In summary: superb!--David Strickland"The Observatory, Volume 134, No. 1243" (12/01/2014)더 읽기…

Amazing pictures, and the text is pretty good too

Dickinson, an astronomer and author of 15 astronomy books, edits the magazine SkyNews. In this amazing book he details in text and images the Hubble Space Telescope's contributions to science. His precise text and picture captions brilliantly complement the nearly 300...더 읽기…

Dickinson, an astronomer and author of 15 astronomy books, edits the magazine SkyNews. In this amazing book he details in text and images the Hubble Space Telescope's contributions to science. His precise text and picture captions brilliantly complement the nearly 300 full-color Hubble images that form the bulk of the work. The book's ten chapters showcase a selection of Hubble's most significant images with explanations of the discoveries they helped make. Especially fantastic are the images of solar wind stripping away large gas clouds harboring stellar nurseries, images of Hubble's deep field revealing galaxy clusters from halfway across the universe, and sublime images of vast, colorful nebulas. The work also unfolds Hubble's pictures of planets, close-ups of merging galaxies, and images of enormous, tightly-packed star clusters, some containing millions of stars. The author explains how all the photographed objects fit into scientists' understanding of cosmology, adding extra context to the pictures. Verdict: Even if you only look at the pictures, this is an amazing book. The accompanying text and photo captions make the work outstanding.